The High Plains Aquifer
A) has little importance as a freshwater resource in the U.S.
B) was not heavily mined until the 1970s.
C) is also known as the Garber-Wellington Aquifer.
D) has been recharging at a rate faster than withdraw over the past two decades.
E) is North America's largest known aquifer system.
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